Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Clinical Psychology Training Consortium
Postdoctoral Fellowship Description: CLINICAL FOCUS
Title:
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology
APA Approved: YES _X_NO ___
Site:
Bradley Hospital
Supervisor(s):
Gregg Selke, Ph.D. (Primary Clinical Supervisor)
Nicole Shay, Ph.D. (Clinical Supervisor)
Karen Holler, Ph.D. (Clinical Supervisor)
Eric Morrow, M.D., Ph.D. (Research Supervisor)
Beth A. Jerskey, Ph.D. (Research Supervisor)
Description of Site
Bradley Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital, and the nation's first psychiatric hospital devoted
exclusively to children and adolescents founded in 1931. A Lifespan partner and the principal child and
adolescent psychiatric teaching hospital for Brown Medical School, Bradley Hospital has established itself as
the national center for clinical training and research in child and adolescent psychiatry. Bradley Hospital
provides comprehensive clinical services, including outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive after
school, crisis stabilization, residential care programs, and certified special education schools. Bradley hospital
also known for being at the forefront of child mental health research, and includes the Developmental
Disorders Genetics Research Program and Pedi-MIND program at The Bradley Campus Research Unit, which
is part of the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center.
Neuropsychological services are provided as part of the outpatient program (Drs. Selke and Shay)
and inpatient child program (Dr. Holler). Neuropsychology plays a critical role on the inpatient and
outpatient treatment teams with respect to cognitive evaluation, psychiatric differential diagnosis, family
education, and treatment planning. A collaborative team approach to treatment is emphasized within these
settings.
o Bradley Hospital’s outpatient services provide comprehensive mental health evaluation and treatment
for children, adolescents and families from Rhode Island and southern New England. Outpatient services
provides treatment for a wide range of clinical conditions, including those with AttentionDeficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Tourette’s Disorder,
Reactive Attachment Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Specific Learning Disabilities, Anxiety Disorder,
Depression, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Many outpatient neuropsychology referrals are patients
initiating or receiving intervention services from the outpatient program’s multidisciplinary staff of
psychologist, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and social workers. The fellow will also gain experience
with medical or neurologic populations (e.g., concussion, fetal drug exposure, prematurity, etc.) referred
from community based neurologists, concussion management physicians, and primary care providers. A
major focus of the evaluation process is the follow-up, feedback appointment, at which time the patient
and family/caregivers are provided with both written and oral summaries of the examination, along with
detailed recommendations.
o Bradley Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program is for children ages 2 to 18 years who
suffer from serious disorders and are in need of short-term stabilization, assessment and treatment. The
program has 45 private patient rooms located in Bradley Hospital’s award-winning new building and the
unit is staffed 24 hours a day. Each child is treated by a team of professionals, including a child and
adolescent psychiatrist, a clinical social worker, psychologists, nursing staff, and milieu therapists. The
neuropsychology program under Dr. Holler evaluates patients on the children’s unit (not adolescent unit).
A major focus of the evaluation process is to assist with differential diagnosis, treatment planning, and
recommendations for discharge planning. The fellow also has the opportunity to gain direct intervention
experience, including group treatment and brief parent behavioral consultation.
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Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Clinical Psychology Training Consortium
Postdoctoral Fellowship Description: CLINICAL FOCUS
Fellowship Aims
1. To provide the fellow with broad post-doctoral training in the area of Pediatric Neuropsychology, with a
primary emphasis on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, and a secondary emphasis on the
neuropsychological consequences of acquired and chronic medical or neurologic conditions.
2. To provide the fellow with a strong working knowledge of assessment, treatment and research conducted
with children and adolescents with psychiatric, developmental, neurologic, and medical conditions.
3. To enable the fellow to gain proficiency in: neuropsychological evaluation of toddlers, children, and
adolescents; treatment plan development with these populations; oral and written communication of
evaluation findings.
4. To actively participate in research, including grant writing, data collection, management and analysis, and
development and implementation of a research proposal, with the goal of presenting research results at a
national meeting and writing peer-reviewed manuscripts.
Fellowship Timeline
The duration of the fellowship is 2 years, contingent upon satisfactory progress. The anticipated start date is
July or August 2014.
Clinical Activity Plan (70 % of effort)
In order to ensure that the fellow receives a high level of clinical training in the area of pediatric
neuropsychology, the following activities will be required during the fellowship:

Clinical assessment: The fellow will perform neuropsychological evaluations conducted with children
and adolescents. All patients will be seen through the Outpatient Services and the Child and
Adolescent Inpatient Program of the Neuropsychology Program at Bradley Hospital. Approximately 2
full day outpatient evaluations and 1 half-day inpatient evaluation will be performed every week, and
the fellow will be individually supervised on each case by a staff neuropsychologist. The fellow will
participate in all aspects of assigned cases, including clinical interviews, face-to-face assessment,
scoring/interpretation of results, report writing, and family diagnostic feedback sessions.

Professional Development: The fellow will be able to apply for licensure and work towards
successfully negotiating all aspects of the licensure process, and obtain licensure as a psychologist by
the end of the two year fellowship. This process requires attendance at the monthly Clinical Ethics
Seminar during one of the two years of fellowship.
Research Activity Plan (20 % of effort)
The fellow will be exposed to various aspects of clinical research work under the supervision of Dr. Eric
Morrow and Dr. Beth Jerskey. This is achieved via participation in the following activities:

Study coordination: The fellow will collaborate with the PI (Dr. Eric Morrow) to assist with
coordination of studies investigating the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying disorders of
cognitive development, such as intellectual disability and autism.

Review of pediatric neuropsychological, cognitive development, and related genetic and molecular
literature: The fellow will be provided with a series of readings in the areas of neuropsychology and
genetics as it relates to cognitive development.

Grant writing: The fellow will be offered support should he or she wish to develop a grant idea during
the fellowship years.

Manuscript preparation and submission: The fellow will be encouraged to collaborate on manuscript
preparation and poster submissions at national conferences. Individually tailored goals will be
established in this area.

The fellow will be required to participate in monthly research meetings conducted at Dr. Morrow’s lab
at Bradley Hospital.
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Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Clinical Psychology Training Consortium
Postdoctoral Fellowship Description: CLINICAL FOCUS
Didactics (10 % of effort)
Postdoctoral Seminars: The fellow will participate in post-doctoral seminars through the Brown Postdoctoral
Training Program.
Mandatory Didactics:
Core Seminars (1 per month).
DPHB Academic Grand Rounds (1 per month).
Clinical Ethics-If APA approved postdoc and/or if intending to sit for licensure (1 per month).
Neuropsychology Track Seminars
Neuropsychology Rounds
Optional Didactics:
Neuropsychology Track Grant Writing Seminar
Academic Friday–Grantsmanship Seminars, Special Topics in Statistics
Supervision and Evaluation
Drs. Selke, Shay, and Holler will supervise each clinical evaluation assigned to the fellow in the form of
weekly individual supervision. The fellow will meet with the case supervisor to review the case and to discuss
the evaluation plan. The supervisor will be on site during the evaluation and is available for consultation as
the evaluation is being performed. The fellow will meet individually with the supervisor after the completion
of the case to review the evaluation process, test results and recommendations. On the average, the fellow will
be supervised between one and two hours for each case by the assigned supervisor (> 3 hours per week of
supervision).
At the midpoint and conclusion of each year of the fellowship, the fellow and the supervisors are requested to
provide formal evaluations, and evaluations of the program relative to the goals and learning objectives of the
fellowship.
Resource Requirements
Fellow will be provided with the following resources:
 Office space and library privileges
 A computer and project specific software
 Internet access
 Telephone
Reporting and approval
This fellowship will be part of the Neuropsychology track. The position has been discussed and approved by
the Neuropsychology track faculty in their monthly meeting on 01/26/2012.
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Neuropsychology Track Post-Doctoral Training Coordinator
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Associate Director of Investigator-Funded / APA Approved fellowships
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Director of Psychology Training Consortium
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